Do you have a moustache that merits a medal? A beard that warrants a round of applause? Your fantastic facial hair can finally get the respect it deserves at this year's World Beard and Moustache Championships, which are finally coming to Portland this fall.

The roughly-biennial competition judges the best beards and moustaches in the world, travelling to a different beard-friendly city every year. The Oct. 25 trip to Portland will be the 24-year-old contest's third return to America, with previous trips to Carson City in 2003 and Anchorage in 2009.

It will cost you a cool $43.73 to enter into one of the categories, but the top prize will very well be worth it – a free trip to the 2015 championships in Leogang, Austria, and the glory that comes with carrying around some of the best facial hair in the world.

As is tradition, the Portland competition will be hosted by the major U.S. facial hair institution, Beard Team USA, which has also pledged $5,000 to the High Fives Foundation, the official charity of the event.

But participants aren't the only ones allowed at the event. If you want to come to just gawk, you can buy a $10 general admission ticket that gets you a seat at the Keller Auditorium, where it all goes down.